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BCCOM has received a number of e-mails about some RCMP officers that have been enforcing BC's snow tire law to the limit. The law states that all motor vehicles must be equipped with either snow tires or chains to drive on most of BC’s highways from Oct. 1st – April 30th. Which is now, being applied to motorcycles without regard to actual weather or road conditions. This effectively bans the use of motorcycles in BC during that period (58% of the year)

BCCOM would now, like ask its members to please take the time to write the Ministry of Transportation about this on going issue. Below is the Minister of Transpiration and Infrastructures e-mail.

todd.stone.mla@leg.bc.ca - please also CC BCCOM in your e-mail so that we can keep a record of just how many e-mails are sent regarding this issue.

Have a favorite moment from this years riding season? Please share it.Mine would have to be the time spent on the -1 bike. Always wanted a Supermoto, and it did not disappoint. Ready to launch at PMTD captures the SM attitude.....

Just got off an interview with News 1130 and the toll is up to 4 as someone was just killed in Chilliwack. RIP riders.

The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:07AM PDT Last Updated Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:13AM PDT Three motorcyclists have been killed and two injured in two separate crashes on British Columbia roads in just over 24 hours. A couple from Sexsmith, Alta., died Sunday night in a crash near Dawson Creek, in northeastern B.C. Dawson Creek RCMP say the 57-year-old man and his 48-year-old female passenger veered into the path of an oncoming Ford F-350 pickup truck towing a livestock trailer. A second motorcycle skidded out of control and slid to a stop near the wreckage, but police say the man and woman on that bike are expected to recover from their injuries. And in southeastern B.C., a motorcyclist died early Tuesday morning after losing control of his machine while riding through the City of Nelson. Both deadly crashes remain under investigation and no names have been released.

Nothing says summer in the Lower Mainland like a nice, teeth-gritting traffic snarl caused by one of the ubiquitous road-construction projects that get going once the weather turns nice.
True to tradition, there are a plethora of projects scheduled for this summer that are sure to have you white-knuckling the wheel. This anticipated spike in blood pressure, of course, can be avoided by careful planning. Here is some of what to expect:WEST VANCOUVER
Cypress Bridge
Project duration: April 17 to Sept. 30.
Info: Lane closures will be in effect, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., daily.LANGLEY
Highway 1 in both directions.
Duration: June 10 to 15.
Info: Crews will be paving from the junction with 232nd Street to the junction with Highway 13 daily from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Lane closures will be in effect.COQUITLAM
Highway 7 in both directions.
Duration: June 20 until further notice.
Major construction two kilometres west of junction with Brunette Avenue, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Saturday. There will be lane closures on North Road, from Gatineau to Cottonwood Avenue.DELTA
Highway 99 in both directions.
Duration: Until June 30.
Daily construction, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., to be done three kilometres south of the junction with Highway 10, with lane closures expected on Highway 99 between the 72nd overpass and 80th Street.VANCOUVER
Sewer reconstruction: 4300- to 4600-block Prince Albert Street between East 27th and East 31st avenues daily from May 27 to June 10 between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Road construction: 200- to 300-block Clark Drive between Powell and Franklin streets, from June 8 to 9, between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Sewer reconstruction: 2800- to 3400-block West 12th between McDonald and Collingwood streets. Partial road closures will be in effect from June 7 to Aug. 19, between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Drivers are urged to use alternate routes.
Water-main upgrades: 900- to 1200-block Windermere Street, from May 24 until June 21. Work goes Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Street parking might be affected.